Systems Development Engineer, US Amazon Dedicated Cloud Security

Amazon•Herndon, VA

18h

About The Position

AWS Security is looking for a driven professional to join its high-security systems engineering team to manage the operation of our physical access control system (PACS), as well as help us automate a sustainable and robust architecture for future growth. As an SysDev, you will be responsible for the overall health and security of our critical service, providing excellent customer service to our partners in a classified environment. Engineers on this team play an integral role in the future of physical security. You will own the integration with enterprise and commodity hardware through proprietary and open source protocols, build extensible management tooling by which customers are delighted, produce infrastructure as code and robust operational monitoring that scales with our growing infrastructure. You will make sure the entire deployment process is performant, automated, and well tested to keep development iteration fast and unhindered by unnecessary operational misses. This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and must currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.

Requirements

Experience in automating, deploying, and supporting large-scale infrastructure
Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust
Experience with Linux/Unix
Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes
Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph

Nice To Haves

Experience with distributed systems at scale

Responsibilities

Architect and implement enterprise-scale security solutions from conception to production, including custom PACS integrations and security automation frameworks
Design and develop high-availability distributed systems with emphasis on security, scalability, and fault tolerance
Lead the development of custom security tools and frameworks for system hardening, threat detection, and automated incident response
Architect and implement zero-trust security models for critical infrastructure components
Design and build custom APIs and middleware solutions for security system integration
Develop advanced automation frameworks for infrastructure as code (IaC) deployment and configuration management
Create sophisticated monitoring and alerting systems using machine learning for anomaly detection
Implement cryptographic solutions for secure communication between distributed systems
Design and implement custom authentication and authorization protocols
Lead technical design reviews and security architecture assessments
Mentor junior engineers and establish technical best practices